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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will today hold crisis talks and then
speak in public amid a corruption scandal that has rocked his Government as
the Attorney-General considers launching an investigation into claims of a
secret slush fund.

Mr Rajoy will meet leaders of the ruling centre-right Popular Party (PP) to
discuss his response to allegations that leading members of the party
received undeclared payments totalling €7.5 million over nearly 20 years.

Mr Rajoy and his party have denied claims made by the left-leaning daily, El
Pais, that this week published copies of hand-written ledgers
purportedly showing secret payments to